Novelty setting



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W. 5. WILSON NOVELTY SETTING Filed Dec. 12 1923 Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

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WILLIAM' s. ivvrLsolv, or LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

NOVELTY SETTING.

Application filed-December 12, 1923. Serial No. 680,178.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVIIJLIAM S. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Novelty Settings, of which the following is a speci fication. I 1 i 7 'My invention relates to improvements in novelty settings for use on rings, jewelry, or

other articles of personal use, such as canes,

umbrellas, pocket books, etc.

"I am aware that hithertosettings have been'constructed adapted on the manipulation thereof to display insignia, but so far as I am aware I am the first to construct a settingadapted of its own inherent structure'to display the insignia'when desired.

aware that settings have been constructed adapted to-change their appearance when moved, butI believe I am the first to provide a setting employing the inertia of one memberthereof to display and hide theinsignia as desired. To these endsl provide a box setting having an opaque cover having a transverse transparent opening and a member displaying the insignia on its upper surface, slidable in said box adapted on the manipulation thereof to slide the insignia in and out of alignment with. the transverse .transparent :opemng.

One obj ect. 0f my invention therefore is to provide a novelty setting adapted to display insignia at the wearers will.

positiOll.

A further ob'ect of my invention is to provide a novelty setting of simple construction adaptedto function on the movement of the "setting alone, without the necessity of applying an outside manipulative force, thereby dispensing with the members necessary for the outside force to work upon, such as pivots, etc.

,A further object 'of my invention therefore is to providea setting which if used in a rlng may be manipulated by the movement A of one. hand alone.

These and such other objects ofmy invention as may hereinafter appear will be best understood from a description of the embodiments thereof shown in the accompanying drawings for use on an ordinaryfinger ring.

"In the draw1ngs,"'F1g. 1 is a perspectlye view of afinger and arlng employlng my 1nvent1on, w1th the finger n horizontal I am 7 the rectangular shape shown.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1 showing the hitherto concealed insignia dislplayed.

ing my improved box setting 12 attached thereto, to bedisplayedas normally. I-ernploy'the terms inner and outer with reference to the base 15 of the. setting, and the words upper and .lower with reference to the position of the setting when the finger 10 is held inlowered position. The setting 12 includes the boX portion 14 which may 30 j be conveniently stamped out of one piece of. stock having one half the band portion attached thereto at each side thereof (not shown). The side walls 16 project outwardly from the base 15, and are constructed to have a shoulder 17 projecting centrally therefrom around the interior of-the setting. ,Itis obvious that the box portion-:14 may be of any suitable shape and is not limited to The-simplified modificationillustrated in Fig. 6 shows the essential parts-of the setting. As constructed, a suitable space 1'8iis-left between the base 15 and shoulder {17. Suitably mounted on theshoulder' 17 is the cover por- -tion20. The, upper edges of the sides 16 are suitably bezeled or'burnished/over as at 21,

to secure the coverportion 20 thereto. The cover portion 20is preferably made in one piece and of transparent material; Opaque strips23 and'Z P, preferably 'ofinetal, are placed underneath the cover 20, and spaced apart, so; as to define between them a central opening. There is thus formed, as shownin Fig. '1, opaque portions 28 and 24 and a cen- "tral' opening 25 covered by the transparent cover-"20; "The opaque portions 23"a nd 24 could, of course, be formed inj'other'ways than by the use of metalliostrips- "Loosely contained within the space, runway or' I pocket 18, isthefslidable member-27. Said member preferably-comprises a plate scribed, whereas the other insignia 30, av star as shown, is displayed through the trans parent portion on either the base 15 itself or on the member 31, preferably a metallic plate, suitably secured to the base. The member 31 is preferably a force fit on the base 15 within the box 14. This member is employed for it is usually easier to print the insignia on this member than directly on the base. The member 27 slides in the pocket 18 as usual.

The setting may be assembled as follows:

The member 31 is inserted on the base 15 within the box portion 14:, the opaque members 23 and 2 F inserted in their respective ends of the box portion 14 over the shoulder 17 soas to leave the transparent transverse portion 25' therein, over the in signia bearing portion 28 of the slidable plate when moved in position to display saidinsignia, the cover portion 20 inserted on top, and the outer edges of the side walls I 16 bezeled or burnished as at 21 to secure the cover 20 to the box portion 1 1;

The operation of my invention is obvious from the above description. Fig. 1 illus f trates the finger in substantially horizontal position displayingthe insignia 30 on the plate member 31 through the portion25, and having the member 27 completely hidden in the upper end 35 ofthe pocket :18 (Fig.- 3); 'Though I have shown for purposes of illustration the finger in horizontal position, it is obvious that the member 27 will be retained by friction between the plate 31 and strip 24?, Fig. 3, or between base 15 and strip 245", Fig. 6, during all normal movements of the hand. When it is desired to display the insignia 28 on the slidable member 27, which may be the insignia of some secret organization, the hand is sharply jerkeddown, leaving the finger 10 in slanting position as shown in Fig. 2. When the downward movement of the finger is arrested, the box portion 14 will stop with the hand, but the inertia of the slidable member 27 will cause it to overcome the friction and'slide forward into the then lowered lower end 36 of the setting 12, until 7 it abuts the lower end thus exposing the in signia 28 through the transparent portion The effect of gravity on the slide 27 of course aids this downward movement of the slide. Then during normal movements of upper end 35 of the pocket 18 at the end of the movement, thus again exposing the in signia 30 to View, as illustrated. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 6 the portion exposed to the portion 25 may be blank, and the insignia 28 only exposed when the member 27 is lowered underneath the portion 25.

Though I have shown a crescent and a star as the insignia, it is obvious that any suitable insignia may be displayed in either set or only one set as shown in Fig. 6. My invention is peculiarly adapted to display the insignia of secret organizations. ploy the word insignia to include letters, words, marks, numbers, figures, characters or any'conceivable kind of a distinguishing representation.

I em- The slide 27 has been described as held j between cover and base by-slight friction.

This friction may be lessened by making the slide slightly thinner or the .space18 slightly deeper, whereby the slide is more loosely and freely movable in this'space so that the effect of gravity alone is sufiioientto move the slide, when the ring is turned upside down.

It is understood that my inventionis not limited to the specific embodiments shown,

and that various deviations may be made therefrom without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. 7

What I claim as new and desire to secure as Letters Patent is:

1. A finger ring comprising a base memher, a cover member spaced slightly away from said base member, an aperture in the cover, and a slide movable back and forth in the space between the base and cover so as to.

be visible through the aperture or so as to be concealed below the cover, the movement of the slide being effected solely by movement of the ring and without the application of an outside manual force to the slide.

2. A finger ring comprising a base member, a cover member spaced slightly away from said base member, an aperture in the cover, and a slide movable back and forth in the space between the base and cover so base member and provided with an aperture, a slide member movable back and forth so as to be visible through the aperture, or so as to be concealed below the cover, one of said members bearing an emblem that may be concealed or displayed, upon movement of the slide member, the movement of the slide member being effected by movement of the ring, without the application of an outside manual force to the slide member.

4. A disappearing emblem ring compris ing a base member, a cover spaced from the base member and provided with an aperture,

a slide member movable back and forth so as to be visible through the aperture, or so as to be concealed below the cover, one of said members bearing an emblem that may be concealed or displayed, upon movement of the slide member, the movement of the slide member being effected by gravity when the ring is turned ,over, Without the application of an outside manipulative force.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM S. WVILSON. 

